Restaurants News – Page 145

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    Lahpet to reopen in Shoreditch

    2018-03-08T08:23:00Z

    Burmese restaurant Lahpet is to reopen at the former Tapas Revolution site at 58, Bethnal Green Road, in Shoreditch, in April.

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    Island Poke set for Fitzrovia

    2018-03-07T08:38:44.920Z

    Island Poke, the White Rabbit Fund-backed concept, has lined up a fourth opening in London, in Fitzrovia

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    Turtle Bay set for Southend

    2018-03-07T08:38:27.837Z

    Turtle Bay, the Caribbean restaurant chain, is to further strengthen its presence in Essex, with an opening in Southend

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    Maxwell’s relocated due to rent increases

    2018-03-07T08:38:00Z

    Maxwell’s Bar & Grill on Covent Garden’s James Street, is relocating to King Street after 25 years due to “unsustainable rent increases”

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    Solanot to oversee Wingstop’s UK launch

    2018-03-06T08:27:55.547Z

    Christian Solanot, formerly of Cote, Jamie’s Italian and Shake Shack, is to oversee the launch of US chicken concept Wingstop in the UK

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    Tattu secures Birmingham site

    2018-03-06T08:22:20.370Z

    Tattu, the contemporary Chinese restaurant brand, has secured a site in Birmingham for its third site

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    Shake Shack targets City opening

    2018-03-05T08:35:29.420Z

    Shake Shack, the US better burger brand founded by Danny Meyer, is set to open its first site in the City of London

  • Prezzo Beckenham
    News

    Prezzo FY lfls fell 8%

    2018-03-05T08:35:00Z

    The Company Voluntary Proposal proposal document put forward by Prezzo has laid bare the decline in trading the company experienced during 2017

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    Carluccio’s "appoints advisors"

    2018-03-04T08:10:00Z

    Carluccio’s has become the latest casual dining chain to appoint advisors to assess its strategic options, according to reports this weekend.

  • News

    Diary: Giraffe; Wahlburgers and Gordon Ramsay (again)

    2018-03-02T16:14:28.693Z

    This week’s Diary discusses…. well… the same stuff as last week really as we bring you the grapevine’s latest on the senior team at Gordon Ramsay Group. We also discuss rumblings around Boparan and the latest US chain thought to be eyeing a UK launch.

  • Prezzo
    News

    Prezzo needed a pick up earlier

    2018-03-02T09:05:00Z

    In what could be the biggest Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) the UK’s restaurant sector has experienced, Prezzo is set to shed nearly a third of its estate, including its Chimichanga brand, in a further high profile example of the issues currently impacting the industry. So how did it come to this for a business that sparked a bidding battle and sold for a price that analysts at the time said undervalued it, asks Mark Wingett

  • Jon Hendry-Pickup
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    Prezzo “has bright future” beyond CVA

    2018-03-02T09:05:00Z

    Prezzo chief executive Jon Hendry-Pickup has spoken exclusively to MCA about the launch of a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) this morning.

  • GinTonica
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    Leelex to launch Tonica at Exmouth Market

    2018-03-02T08:58:00Z

    Leelex, the Leeds-based bar and restaurant operator, is launching Spanish and Basque concept Tonica in Clerkenwell, MCA understands.

  • Shake Shack
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    Shake Shack looking to open more sites this year

    2018-03-02T08:58:00Z

    Shake Shack, the US burger brand, could a few more UK sites this year, either in London or outside, MCA has learnt.

  • News

    Chipotle closes burger concept site

    2018-03-02T08:57:35.117Z

    Chipotle has closed the only site operating under its burger concept Tasty Made

  • Bella Italia exterior
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    Diversification underpins CDG lfl growth

    2018-03-02T07:03:00Z

    Casual Dining Group has said that its current trading is ahead of the market, as it reported “positive low-digit” like-for-like sales growth

  • Wagamama
    News

    Wagamama UK lfls up 8.2% in Q3

    2018-03-01T15:31:00Z

    Wagamama saw UK like-for-like sales (lfls) growth of 8.2% in the third quarter to 28 January – improving on the 7.1% rise in the second quarter.

  • Prezzo Crawley interior
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    Prezzo awaits CVA sign-off

    2018-03-01T08:48:00Z

    Investors in Prezzo, the c300-strong operator of its eponymous brand and Mexican chain Chimichanga, have yet to sign off on its plan for a Company Voluntary Arrangement, MCA understands.

  • Gary Usher
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    Usher to open two new restaurants

    2018-03-01T08:45:00Z

    Gary Usher, the North West-based chef and restaurateur, is set to open a further two restaurants.

  • Martin Williams, M Restaurants
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    M Restaurants supports anti-trafficking drive

    2018-03-01T08:38:00Z

    M Restaurants is to host a pop-up restaurant dedicated to raising funds and awareness of the fight against human trafficking.